Father of Dutch sociology dies

The columnist and academic J.A.A van Doorn, known as the father of modern Dutch sociology, has died at the age of 83.


‘Van Doorn was the greatest intellectual in the Netherlands, given his independence, the breadth of his subject matter and his erudition,’ said Amsterdam University professor Jos de Beus in the Volkskrant.

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